In Spiddal, Galway, there is an area designated as a "burial ground" on the map. The bean-an -tí at my favorite B&B remembers that it was a mass burial ground for people (mostly children) that had died of something like typhus. Several years ago, following a storm, bones washed out of the area. It is now roped off but nothing else is there to mark it in any way. Betsy Murphy > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: Cemeteries, Graveyards and Burial Grounds > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 10:58:16 EDT > From: PeteScherm@aol.com > To: IRELAND-L@rootsweb.com > > For years, I have been using these terms interchangeably (the dictionary > doesn't seem to differentiate amongst them), but yesterday I noticed a sentence in > an article in the Journal of Irish Archaeology which made me question that. > The essay deals with "Irish gravestones as a material form of genealogy" > (duhhhh). But this sentence surprised me: "Theft of statuary and other elements > of stonework, often for resale as garden ornaments, is also known, and whilst > it is most frequently noted by cemetery managers, it occurs at graveyards also." > > The article, on "Artefact biography", is by Harold Mytum and is on pp. > 111-127, Volumes XII and XIII, 2003-2004. > > Any comments?